straddle

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Looking at straddles expiring near earnings and with a strike price near current levels can help investors gauge what the market thinks a stock will do after reporting earnings.

From Barron's

The following list shows the stock, earnings date and what the straddle price would have to be in order for it to be cheaper than six of the past 10 post-earnings moves.

From MarketWatch

But we see workers, for instance, straddling beams in Tomorrowland with no support, making it clear this was an era with fewer regulations.

From Los Angeles Times

While the ability to straddle two generations was once a badge of honour, Ji says he has become self-conscious about interacting with younger colleagues for fear of being labelled a kkondae or Young 40.

From BBC

It has a long shoreline on Lake Victoria -- which straddles Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania -- and is crossed by the Nile river.

From Barron's